Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 10383

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10383. They said that those who desecrate holy things are punished severely, and that before the punishing spirit arrives there appear before them the widely opened jaws of a livid-coloured lion, which seems to want to devour their head and tear it away from their body, as a consequence of which they are seized with horror. They call the punishing spirit the devil.


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